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" I was fortunate enough to coach the U.S. Olympic team in Australia. "
Tommy Lasorda
Olympic
Enough
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" My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it. "
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" We're all put here for a reason. And one little movement changes your way of life. "
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" The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers. "
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" I've always called L.A. 'the world capital of sport.' "
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" Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character. "
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" I bleed Dodger blue and when I die, I'm going to the big Dodger in the sky. "
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" I still remember the entire Boy Scout motto. I don't remember the serial number of my gun in the army. I don't remember the number of my locker in school. But I remember that Boy Scout code. "
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" 'Pressure' is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure. "
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" You get an opportunity to do something for your country, you better get out and do it. "
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" No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are, you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. "
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Bad
" Baseball is played by all countries now, and softball, too. "
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" No, we don't cheat. And even if we did, I'd never tell you. "
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" I started in the lowest league in baseball, and I worked my way all the way up to Triple A and then to the big leagues. I never reached the level that I thought I would reach as a player. But that's the way it goes. So then I started from the bottom as a manager, and I worked my way up to managing the Dodgers for 20 years. "
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" You give loyalty, you'll get it back. You give love, you'll get it back. "
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" You can wake up every day and make today better than the last. "
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Today
Better
" The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs. "
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" When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher. "
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" My son wasn't gay. No way. "
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" If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven. "
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" I didn't even graduate from high school. I've never told anybody that before. I got my degree later, when I was in the army. "
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" I firmly believe that there is a God. I firmly believe that there is a Heaven. And I firmly believe that if you go there, it's gonna be great. "
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